Abingdon Press to publish new gift books from NYT bestselling author Jen Hatmaker

Abingdon Press to publish new gift books from NYT bestselling author Jen Hatmaker October release will focus on generosity January 31, 2019 (Nashville, TN)—Abingdon Press announced today it will publish two new gift books from Jen Hatmaker, New York Times bestselling author. The first gift book will be for the 2019 holiday season and called 7 Days of Christmas. Inspired by and adapted from her breakout book 7:  An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess, 7 Days of Christmas takes Hatmaker’s social experiment of restraint in seven key…

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Abingdon Press Welcomes New Marketing Team Members and Promotes from Within

Abingdon Press Welcomes New Marketing Team Members and Promotes from Within  Contact: Brenda Smotherman Publicity and Marketing Manager Abingdon Press bsmotherman@abingdonpress.com 615-749-6290 (Nashville, TN) – Abingdon Press has announced the hiring of three new members to their marketing department. Joining the team are Trice Gibbons and Deanna Nelson who will serve as marketing managers, and Lindsey Sparrow who will serve as Assistant Marketing Manager.   In addition to new hires, the company has also promoted Brenda Smotherman, formerly the Associate Publicity Manager,…

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Six Abingdon Press Books Receive Finalist Standing from Foreword Reviews’ IndieFab Awards

Six Abingdon Press Books Receive Finalist Standing  from Foreword Reviews’ IndieFab Awards  Abingdon Press was honored by the 2015 Foreword Reviews’ IndieFab Book of the Year Awards with six finalist titles. Foreword’s IndieFab Book of the Year Awards program was created to discover distinctive books from the indie publishing community across a number of genres. The award winners, which will be determined by a select group of more than 130 librarians and booksellers from around the country, will be announced…

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Abingdon Press Christmas Book, All I Really Want, Named An ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award Winner

Abingdon Press Christmas Book, All I Really Want, Named An ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award Winner Contact: Brenda Smotherman Associate Publicity Manager Abingdon Press E: bsmotherman@abingdonpress.com P: 615-749-6290 Nashville, Tenn.— Abingdon Press would like to congratulate minister and author Quinn G. Caldwell and the design work of David Carlson at Studio Gearbox for the book All I Really Want: Readings for a Modern Christmas having been selected by ECPA’s Top Shelf Book Cover Award program as one of 11 titles designated as the top…

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Abingdon Press Garners Four Foreword Reviews’ IndieFab Awards

Abingdon Press Garners Four Foreword Reviews’ IndieFab Awards Contact:   Brenda Smotherman Associate Publicity Manager Phone: 615-749-6290 Email: BSmotherman@AbingdonPress.com  (Nashville, TN) – Abingdon Press was honored by the 2014 Foreword Reviews’ IndieFab Book of the Year Awards with four awards. The award program was created to discover distinctive books from the indie publishing community across a number of genres. The award winners were determined by a select group of more than 100 librarians and booksellers from around the country, and were announced…

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Abingdon Press Wins Golden Scrolls Novel of the Year Award

Abingdon Press Wins Golden Scrolls Novel of the Year Award Contact:   Brenda Smotherman Associate Publicity Manager Phone: 615-749-6290 Email: BSmotherman@AbingdonPress.com  (Nashville, TN) – The Advanced Writers and Speakers Association (AWSA) has awarded three Abingdon Press books Golden Scroll Awards honors. The awards were bestowed during a banquet held June 28, in conjunction with the International Christian Retail Show in Orlando. The Novel of the Year Award went to The Road to Testament by Eva Marie Everson. The story follows Ashlynne Rothschild a girl who has…

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Author Lyle Schaller Dead at 91

Author Lyle Schaller Dead at 91 Contact: Brenda Smotherman Associate Publicity Manager Abingdon Press E: bsmotherman@abingdonpress.com P: 615-749-6290  (Nashville, TN) – Abingdon Press is saddened to share that respected author Lyle E. Schaller, widely considered by pastors as the most important and influential observer of church culture during the twentieth century in the United States, died March 18, 2015 at the age of 91.  Schaller’s first book, A Plan For Protestantism in Urban America, was published by Abingdon Press in 1964 and probed the…

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Seven Abingdon Press Books Receive Finalist Standing from Foreword Reviews’ IndieFab Awards

Seven Abingdon Press Books Receive Finalist Standing from Foreword Reviews’ IndieFab Awards  Contact:  Brenda Smotherman Associate Publicity Manager Abingdon Press E: bsmotherman@abingdonpress.com P: 615-749-6290 (Nashville, TN) – Abingdon Press was honored by the 2014 Foreword Reviews’ IndieFab Book of the Year Awards with seven finalist titles. Foreword’s IndieFab Book of the Year Awards program was created to discover distinctive books from the indie publishing community across a number of genres. The award winners, which will be determined by a select group of more…

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Abingdon Press Welcomes Russ Sellars as New Director of Trade Sales

Abingdon Press Welcomes Russ Sellars as New Director of Trade Sales   Contact:  Brenda Smotherman Associate Publicity Manager Phone: 615-749-6290 Email: BSmotherman@AbingdonPress.com (Nashville, TN) – Abingdon Press has announced the hiring of Russ Sellars to their seasoned sales team as the new Director of Trade Sales effective immediately. Sellars has over 25 years of experience in sales, leadership, and team development and most recently served with NavPress as Key Accounts Manager.  Prior to that, Sellars was with Group Publishing where he managed…

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